CVE-2020-10863

high

Description

An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastSvc.exe) allows attackers to trigger a shutdown via RPC from a Low Integrity process via TempShutDownMachine.

References

https://github.com/umarfarook882/Avast_Multiple_Vulnerability_Disclosure/blob/master/README.md

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232423.0

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=232420.0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-04-01

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0056

Detections

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